4. Is Turkey Asian or European?
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• Asian!
– 99% Muslim
population
– Fatherland is Central
Asia
– Turkish Culture is a
synthesis of Asian
and Islamic
cultures:
Turkislam culture.
• European!
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European system
Democracy
Negotiations with EU
Ottomans controlled
Eastern
and
Central
Europe
and the capital was
Istanbul.
Turkey is a bridge between
Asia and Europe,
the East and the West
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26. THE GRAND BAZAAR
• Istanbul has always
been a commercial
city
• Has 4000 shops
• One of the most
fascinating markets
• Truly a small city in
itself.
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28. Cappadocia
• Three million years ago,
violent eruptions of the
nearby volcanoes covered
the surrounding plateau
with a deep layer of
solidified mud, ash and
lava. One of the most
fascinating maskets
• Wind and rain have eroded
soft volcanic rock forming
hundreds of strangely
shaped pillars, cones and
fairy chimneys, creating a
vast outdoor museum of
stone sculptures.
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29. Cappadocia
• Three million years ago,
violent eruptions of the
nearby volcanoes covered
the surrounding plateau
with a deep layer of
solidified mud, ash and
lava. One of the most
fascinating maskets
• Wind and rain have eroded
soft volcanic rock forming
hundreds of strangely
shaped pillars, cones and
fairy chimneys, creating a
vast outdoor museum of
stone sculptures.
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32. PAMUKKALE
The area is one of the
leading hot springs(35
degree C) in Turkey.
As the spring water flowed
down the mountainside,
coated the slopes in a
smooth layer of white
calcareous rock.
Pamukkale means “Cotton
Castle” in English
Several Roman emperors
came to bathe in these
thermal pools.
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